Written AND narrated by Thomas Block, Skyfall is the wild account of a modern hijacking gone very wrong!

Available through Audible, Amazon and the Apple iTunes store, Click on the book’s cover to go directly to Audible.com to hear a sample…….

]]>http://thomasblocknovels.com/skyfall-now-in-audio/feed/0Captain in Audio – the ‘NEW’ edition!http://thomasblocknovels.com/captain-in-audio-the-new-edition/
http://thomasblocknovels.com/captain-in-audio-the-new-edition/#respondThu, 19 May 2016 12:45:11 +0000http://thomasblocknovels.com/?p=2255Now completely re-narrated and remastered with in our updated State of the Art audio studio, “Captain” has been brought up to the standards that Thomas Block Audio is now producing for others!

Since Captain was the very first book we put into audio, it turned out that the initial equipment I had purchased and the recording environment that I had created was far, far, far too little to do a good job. My early-innings productions were weak and were not anywhere near the standards of narration and audio production that we are now using, so we took the time to go back and totally re-narrate and remaster this novel.

If you had acquired the audio book of Captain in its earlier edition and would like to try the updated version, simply delete that novel from your listening device and then reload it down again from the Audible Cloud Library, and you’ll be getting the latest version – which include the musical highlights that we now using in most of our audio book productions.

If you haven’t ever gotten a copy of the audio book of Captain as yet, give it a try.

The Third Audio Book from Thomas Block Novels is now available!

Forced Landing is now in Audio!

Through an arrangement with Audible.com, all Thomas Block Novels are in production as audio books and are available through Audible.com, Amazon and the iTunes Library.

Each of these novels are narrated by the author!

Using the vast resources of Audible.com, these audio books are downloaded from the Internet and directly to your Smart Phone, Tablet, Electronic Reader, Laptop or Desktop computer, or many of the other types of compatible electronic media devices. From a Laptop or Desktop computer, personal copies on CDs can also be created. If you are unsure about how to handle any of this cutting edge technology in the art and science of enjoying a good story well-told, use the FREE tech support telephone line at Audible.com and a REAL person will walk you through the steps of getting a Thomas Block Novel in audio book form onto your suitable electronic device. See the Audible.com site for details, or call them directly at 888-283-5051.

The third novel available in Audio Book format (the other novels will follow as soon as possible) is Forced Landing, joining the previously released Open Skies and Captain; click on the particular novel below to go the Audible.com website to see that novel’s details and to listen to a sample from the audio!

]]>http://thomasblocknovels.com/third-audio-book-from-thomas-block-novels/feed/0Amazon & Audible Add Whispersync For Voicehttp://thomasblocknovels.com/amazon-audible-add-whispersync-for-voice/
http://thomasblocknovels.com/amazon-audible-add-whispersync-for-voice/#respondWed, 20 Nov 2013 16:00:57 +0000http://thomasblocknovels.com/?p=2153Using the Amazon Kindle format for ebooks and the Audible.com audio book editions, “Whispersync For Voice” is now available for the following Thomas Block Novels:

Captain – Open Skies

(More Thomas Block Titles will be available in the near future)

Automatically linking your Kindle ebook to your Audible audio book, you can switch back and forth seamlessly between the two – listen to the audio book version on your drive home, then curl up with your Kindle ebook at bedtime and pick up the story exactly where the audio book left it (and/or vice-versa)!

For the ultimate ‘immersion’ into the excitement of the story, listen to the audio book while you follow along in the Kindle ebook edition!

Here is what Amazon says about Whispersync:

Introducing Whispersync for Voice

When you own the Whispersync for Voice-ready Kindle book and the Audible audiobook, you can switch between reading and listening without losing your place. Or you can read and listen at the same time on Kindle Fire HD.

The Second Audio Book from Thomas Block Novels is now available!

Captain is now in Audio!

Through an arrangement with Audible.com, all Thomas Block Novels are in production as audio books and are available through Audible.com, Amazon and the iTunes Library.

Each of these novels are narrated by the author!

Using the vast resources of Audible.com, these audio books are downloaded from the Internet and directly to your Smart Phone, Tablet, Electronic Reader, Laptop or Desktop computer, or many of the other types of compatible electronic media devices. From a Laptop or Desktop computer, personal copies on CDs can also be created. If you are unsure about how to handle any of this cutting edge technology in the art and science of enjoying a good story well-told, use the FREE tech support telephone line at Audible.com and a REAL person will walk you through the steps of getting a Thomas Block Novel in audio book form onto your suitable electronic device. See the Audible.com site for details, or call them directly at 888-283-5051.

The second novel available in Audio Book format (the other novels will follow as soon as possible) is Captain, joining the previously released Open Skies; click on the particular novel below to go the Audible.com website to see that novel’s details and to listen to a sample from the audio!

Through an arrangement with Audible.com, all Thomas Block Novels are now in production as audio books and will be available through Audible.com, Amazon and the iTunes Library.

Each of these novels will be narrated by the author!

Using the vast resources of Audible.com, these audio books are downloaded from the Internet and directly to your Smart Phone, Tablet, Electronic Reader, Laptop or Desktop computer, or many of the other types of compatible electronic media devices. From a Laptop or Desktop computer, personal copies on CDs can also be created. If you are unsure about how to handle any of this cutting edge technology in the art and science of enjoying a good story well-told, use the FREE tech support telephone line at Audible.com and a REAL person will walk you through the steps of getting a Thomas Block Novel in audio book form onto your suitable electronic device. See the Audible.com site for details, or call them directly at 888-283-5051.

The first novel available in Audio Book format (the other novels will follow as soon as possible) is Open Skies; click on the novel to go the Audible.com website to see the novel’s details and to listen to a sample from the audio!

Thomas Block Novels are Now in Audio Books!

]]>http://thomasblocknovels.com/audio-books-2/feed/0The Long Reach of Modern Social Mediahttp://thomasblocknovels.com/the-long-reach-of-modern-social-media/
http://thomasblocknovels.com/the-long-reach-of-modern-social-media/#respondTue, 26 Feb 2013 16:04:33 +0000http://thomasblocknovels.com/?p=1739Here is a personal experience that we recently had of how the social media connections we participate in these days can often reach out much further and wider than we ever imagined was possible:

“I haven’t read the book but I’m pretty sure it was Capt. Block who found my dad in the air over Kentucky one January night in 1966. My dad was in a Comanche 400, in the right seat, the pilot had died in flight and he was trying to get on the ground with what little experience he had in the plane, not having landed one since flying a T-Craft in 1947. Capt Block had taken off from Bluegrass field in an Aztec I think and volunteered to go and find my dad and lead him to the airport. I haven’t thought about this until I saw the post for the book pop up on my Facebook so Capt Block, if you’re you happen to read this, thanks for helping my dad that fateful night.”

Here is my reply:

Captain by Thomas Block Yes, I am that person – thank you for taking the time to write. Your dad did a great job in handling the airplane and staying calm. I was in an Aztec when I found them circling north of LEX and brought them back, then helped him through the landing.

And I also want to thank William Gottlieb for reminding me of an incident from nearly 50 years ago that had somehow slipped into a mental crevice – it was nice to be reminded of that particular experience once again!

My wife Sharon has been a horse-involved person her entire life, and she managed to finally get me involved soon after I retired from airline flying in April, 2000. I rode my first horse when I was 56 years old, so I was definitely an older guy starting something totally new!

You can see more about this at both of our two websites: www.ThomasBlockNovels.com and www.FlyingB-Ranch.com. Matter of fact, the two websites are directly connected, so you can simply slide from one to the other by hitting the link button between them. We’ve got photos, videos and lots of information on the two sites that covers everything in our lives – novels, airplanes, horses and the ranch, our horse-motel operation (including our honored periodic guests, the Budweiser Clydesdale operation and the Wells-Fargo Stagecoach team – read more about them on the ranch website), new and old photos, and even our two house cats Furr and Fuzz.

I’ve found that I’ve really enjoyed working with horses on our Florida ranch a great deal, and then got myself involved in Cowboy Mounted Shooting (a competitive sport where we shoot at balloons from horseback with old-west style guns). With Mounted Shooting, I’ve discovered something really neat to do with my horse that more than fills my free time, and it was an absolute thrill for me to be able to finally become one of those cowboys (and one of the Cavalry Troopers!) that I loved to watch at the movies and on TV when I was a kid.

In the beginning, I really wondered if I would actually be able to navigate a galloping horse through a pattern of balloons while shooting them with an old-style western six-shooter. By working on my riding skills, by spending lots of time with my horses, and by learning how to effectively shoot those old-style pistols with one hand (my other hand is on the horse’s reins), I was able to put myself back into all those old westerns from over a half century ago that I loved so much!

I’ve made a great many friends from the horse world, and particularly among the cowboy mounted shooters (at most events, the participants are about evenly divided between men and women). The biggest of the mounted shooting organizations that I belong to is the Cowboy Mounted Shooting Association (CMSA), and I’ve been an active member of that group for nearly ten years.

I’m also happy to report that the CMSA has recently featured Captain in their magazine with a big spread and a rave review – here’s what they said: “…A diversified and very realistic cast of complex characters are thrown into the chaos…one heck of a gripping saga…I found the story to be fascinating, I couldn’t put it down…” are some of the quotes from that Mounted Shooting magazine’s review. It’s very satisfying to have folks from a totally separate portion of your life make an enthusiastic crossover to something else that you’ve done and are proud of. I’ve gotten a huge amount of very positive feedback about Captain (and also about my other action/adventure novels) from many of the people I’ve met during my mounted shooting travels across the country.

Sharon and I do most of our ranch work ourselves, and if you’ll look through our ranch photo gallery you’ll see that our 33 acre ‘Ranch and Horse Motel’ is a place where we like to spend time. I’ve swapped my captain’s seat in the front office of a Boeing airliner for a seat in a John Deere tractor, backhoe and excavator, to name just a few of the pieces of ranch rolling stock that keeps our place in good working order.

The two parts of our life style complement each other real well, and there is nothing more ‘real’ and hands-on after spending several hours at the desk working on novels than to saddle up your own horse and go for a ride. It’s an exciting and satisfying way to balance out all the requirements that go into developing and creating a fictional world on paper to share with others.

One other thing I’d like to share is a tribute to my beloved horse Mister Cloud, who recently died. He was my very first horse, and we learned how to do many things together. Due to medical problems, he was retired from active riding the past few years, and he is buried here at the ranch.

To read more about Mister Cloud, go to ‘Sad Day at Our Ranch’ at our ranch website, and then click your way over to http://www.ThomasBlockNovels.com to see the other things that we’ve been doing. On behalf of Sharon, myself and all the critters large and small that are an integral part of our Ranch and Novels lifestyle, we thank you for sharing part of your day with us.